Makeup production of tractors and trailers is creating a mini-boom for equipment manufacturers. It is even leading to rehiring of some laid-off workers. But how long will the good times roll?
“June through August, which are usually slow months, will all be good months,” Dave Giesen, vice president of sales at Stoughton Trailers in Stoughton, Wisconsin, told FreightWaves. “The first five months of the year were really slow. We need months like this to get some backlog. We’re all crossing our...
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